The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 243 The director of The Lord of the Rings came to my door to shoot my TV series, but I refused
"I didn't expect you to come in person, Mr. Peter!" Seeing Peter Jackson in front of him, Huang He was indeed a little surprised, because he didn't expect this person to come in person.

You know, although Peter Jackson is the founder of Weta Digital Studios, his organizational work is still the director, and he should be busy preparing for the big play "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" right now, how could he appear In front of myself.

"I am very interested in Gone with the Wind!" Peter Jackson said straight to the point, "I hope to be the director of this Gone with the Wind, although the book has not been finished yet, and the translation is extremely bad, but even if it is With such words, I also saw a huge world, and I can't wait to present this world!"

"Although I don't know how much of this book will be finished, but what has been presented so far, I think it is enough for us to make a trilogy of movies, just like my Lord of the Rings, which will definitely be the same as Lord of the Rings. It will become a masterpiece!!" Before Huang He could speak, Peter Jackson had already started talking on his own.

In words, it seems to have become the director of Piao Miao's journey.

The English version read by Peter Jackson was temporarily translated by Huang He with 20 college students majoring in English. You can take him on the plane.

Of course, the things translated in this way are bound to be very bad, especially this is still a fairy-tale novel with few English words, and it was translated by 20 different people, so the translation style is also extremely inconsistent .

If a traditional American looks at dozens of chapters, he will probably have a big head.

But even so, Peter Jackson still found it after reading it. It can be seen that this novel really attracted him greatly.

This shocked Huang He very much. Peter Jackson would be so interested in an oriental fantasy novel?
Here, Huang He doesn’t know Peter Jackson anymore. In the words of 2021, this is a serious fan of fantasy novels. He has been obsessed with various fantasy novels since he started reading, especially the Lord of the Rings and Middle-earth series. , a favorite of Peter Jackson.

The reason why The Lord of the Rings was able to be put on the big screen later was because of the tireless efforts of Peter Jackson himself.

I tried my best to persuade Tolkien's relatives to authorize the copyright to myself, and then tried my best to collect the funds needed for filming, and invested everywhere. It took a full five years of hard work before the Lord of the Rings got the opportunity to film.

The Weta Studio itself is a special effects studio created by Peter Jackson for the convenience of his own filming. Later, in the process of filming Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson personally participated in every aspect of the special effects studio, recruiting talents, Experiment with various movie props and corresponding shooting techniques.

By the time Lord of the Rings was filmed, Weta Studios had become one of the top special effects studios in the world, especially good at making various realistic special props.

To put it bluntly, Peter Jackson himself is actually like the protagonist in many novels.

The root of it is that Peter Jackson is full of interest in those magical worlds.

So when Peter Jackson saw the world described by Misty Journey, he was immediately captured. He replaced the person in charge who had come to negotiate with Huang He, and ran out from the set to negotiate with Huang He.

"Mr. Peter, I remember that your Return of the King will be released in more than a year. Is it really okay for you to appear here?" Huang He asked with a wry smile.

"What?" Peter Jackson was stunned for a moment, "Isn't my upcoming film The Two Towers?"

"Eh..." Huang He was dumbfounded. In his impression, The Two Towers should have been released in 02, so the one that hasn't been released yet should be Return of the King in 03.

"Could it be that Raiders of the Two Towers will be released in November or December..." Huang He rubbed his head, because it is almost November of 11, Huang He Huang He instinctively thought that Raiders of the Two Towers Already released.

But I don't know that The Two Towers was released on December 02, 12, and it is actually still more than a month away from now.

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake in translating, I'm very sorry!" Before Huang He could speak, Leng Zhiruo, who was in charge of translating beside him, took the initiative to apologize in English.

Although Huang He couldn't understand the specific meaning, Leng Zhiruo still understood the attitude of apologizing.

"Zhiruo!" Huang He looked at Leng Zhiruo gratefully and apologetically.

"Brother-in-law, you are our boss, you can't make mistakes!" Leng Zhiruo whispered, Huang He was very moved, and decided to give her some milk tonight to thank her lovely sister-in-law.

"Well, actually the progress of the Lord of the Rings trilogy is very smooth, the filming part has already ended, the whole film of The Two Towers has been completed a month ago, the return of the king, although there are still a lot of special effects that need to be produced , but there is no need for me to stare at it all the time. During this period, I can start the preparations for Misty Journey. When the return of the king is over, I can immediately devote myself to the production of Misty Journey, making it seamless Connect."

"That's it!" Huang He was really tempted this time. Needless to say, Peter Jackson's director is capable. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the most satisfying fantasy movie Huang He has watched. In the world of Middle-earth, Peter Jackson is indispensable. If Peter Jackson is in charge of Piao Miao's journey, technically, Huang He is absolutely at ease.

But there is also a big problem here. Peter Jackson is not Chinese and does not understand Chinese culture. The movies he made are American-style Chinese food. Something like "The King" came out.

Those who are not clear can watch this movie, any Chinese will feel like vomiting blood after watching it.

What's more, Huang He's "Misty Journey" is a TV series, not a movie. Is it possible that Peter Jackson will accept the filming of a TV series?

So Huang He expressed these concerns very simply.

"What! You invested such a huge amount of money to shoot a TV series!" Just like Ang Lee, when Peter Jackson heard that Huang He planned to shoot a TV series instead of a movie, he was dumbfounded .

In terms of movies and TV dramas, it is the same at home and abroad. Movies are much more compelling than TV dramas. An actor can upgrade from a TV drama fan to a movie fan.But you want him back from movies to TV shows.

Unless his movies are not well-known, or he is deeply in debt and can't live without filming, few movie actors will be willing to go back and make TV series again.

The same is true for directors. No film director will make a TV series.

However, in China, there are signs of a gradual thaw. Many film directors have returned to the TV drama industry around 2020.

For example, Director Feng, or Director Zhang, these are all great directors!

There are also some well-known actors, such as a certain international actor Zhang, and a certain acting star Zhou, who have returned to the ranks of TV dramas one after another.

Of course, the reason for such a change is not because their minds have become clearer, but because they have lost money on several movies in a row, and the chances of making a TV series are not so high, and the pay is even more generous than that of movies. For the sake of money, everything is easy to talk about.

But in 2002, in a place like Hollywood, it was absolutely impossible for you to put Peter Jackson in a TV series.

But Peter Jackson couldn't help but feel a little bit reluctant when he read the novel Misty Journey.

"The version of your TV series should be broadcast in your own country, because it is difficult for your TV series to enter the market of other countries!" Peter Jackson said.

"Yes!" Huang He nodded.

"That's no problem!" Peter Jackson smiled. "I think you can actually shoot two versions of the TV series and the movie. The movie version is released globally, and the TV version is broadcast in your own country."

"The two versions can use the same group of actors, or even shoot directly at the same time, and then edit two different versions. Wouldn't this kill two birds with one stone and kill multiple birds with one stone?"

"It makes sense!" Huang He's eyes lit up. This idea is good. The TV version will be aired domestically, while the film version will be aired abroad. The two versions will not interfere with each other. One chicken can eat more. It is really perfect.

"It's a pity that I still can't do this director!" Peter Jackson sighed. "If I let others know that I cut a TV series into a movie, then I will become a joke in Hollywood."

"Indeed!" Huang He agreed very much, and then said, "How about this, you are the guest producer of this TV series and the director, and can guide the filming and production of the entire film and TV series at a macro level, but the director is Someone else."

"In this way, you can still provide your ideas for this movie, and you can also get paid by the producer, and at the same time, this movie is also your work!"

"If all the special effects work is indeed in our Weta studio, then there is no problem. After all, as the owner of the studio, I also want to guide the works of our studio!" Peter Jackson nodded and said, "If that's the case , I don’t have any comments, let’s talk about fees next!”

Even if Peter Jackson wanted to be the director of this work so much just now, but when he started to negotiate the price, Peter Jackson became the most outstanding businessman, and he was unwilling to give up a single cent of the price.

Of course, our Boss Huang couldn't be caught without a fight. After three days of back-and-forth negotiations, the two parties finally decided on the production cost and price.

Because it is difficult to determine how many props and computer special effects will be produced in the actual shooting process, the entire special effects work will be charged in two parts, one part is the cost of props, which are charged according to the specific situation.

As for the production of computer special effects, it is divided into five different levels according to the complexity of the special effects. Among them, the cheapest level costs $2000 per second, while the most expensive level costs $50000 per second, which is 300 million, 10 That's 3 million per minute, and sure enough, the special effects cost us dollars.

This is the basic pricing specification. The specific pricing needs to wait until the shooting is completed, and then take the samples to evaluate the scale of special effects needed. However, it is estimated that after 12 episodes of TV series, at least 1 million US dollars in special effects production costs are indispensable, which is equivalent to A top-notch Hollywood movie requires a production fee, and Boss Huang is indeed a big spender this time.

(End of this chapter)